Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Old Stamps Of French Comoros ( Indian Ocean )

The Comoros is a sovereign archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean about 190 miles off the coast of Mozambique were once under the Arab control until they became a French Protectorate in 1880 and was proclaimed as a French colony in 1912. Made up of Grande Comoro, Anjouan, Moheli and Mayotte ( which is not part of the country but still retain ties with France ), the Comoros achieved self-government in 1961 and independence in 1974.